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PENÁW̱EṈ - Moon of the Camas Harvest
Camas ḰȽOEL copyright Sarah Jim, artist.
This piece was shared with permission by Sarah Jim. Sarah is a visual artist from the small village of W̱S͸ḴEM (Tseycum) in W̱SÁNEĆ, along with Mexican, Russian-Jewish, and English ancestry. Sarah is currently enrolled in W̱SÁNEĆ College in the full-time Indigenous Language Revitalization Program: W̱¸SENĆOŦENIST.
HAT's 13 W̱SÁNEĆ ȽḴÁLJ - SX̱ÁNEȽ
Thimbleberry copyright Sarah Jim, artist. The thimbleberry itself is DEḰEṈ, and the thimbleberry shrub is DEḰEṈIȽĆ.
Thimbleberry is a thornless, upright shrub with distinct peeling bark on mature plants. Its big white flowers are a perfect landing pad for pollinators of all sizes.
This piece was shared with permission by Sarah Jim. Sarah is a visual artist from the small village of W̱S͸ḴEM (Tseycum) in W̱SÁNEĆ, along with Mexican, Russian-Jewish, and English ancestry. Sarah is currently enrolled in W̱SÁNEĆ College in the full-time Indigenous Language Revitalization Program: W̱¸SENĆOŦENIST.
